Nunca pasa nada

Nunca pasa nada or Nothing Ever Happens is a 1963 Spanish-French drama film directed by Juan Antonio Bardem, starring by a mixed cast of French and Spanish actors. It is spoken both in Spanish and French. It was a huge flop when it was released. The musical score was composed by Georges Delerue.

The film was shown at the Venice Film Festival. Julia Gutiérrez Caba was named Best Actress in Spain by the Cinema Writers Circle, and received the Fotogramas de Plata prize.

Nunca pasa nada depicts an environment and some characters similar to the ones appearing in former Bardem's great success, Calle Mayor (Main street), to te point that some critics nicknamed it disdainfully Calle Menor (Minor street). However current evaluation of Bardem's works consider Nunca pasa nada a very appreciable film.

Plot

A French variety company travels across Spain coming back to France. The bus stops by a damage in a small village lost in Castile, named Medina del Zarzal. The vedette star Jacqueline (Corinne Marchand) is sick and she has to remain in the hospital where she is operated upon. The doctor (Antonio Casas) falls in love with her. She represents the freedom, the foreign country, the forbidden. Her presence in the village is a revolution for all the people: students, priests, rich men... The doctor's wife, Julia (Julia Gutiérrez Caba), has to fight with the love proposition made by the local French language teacher (Jean Pierre Cassel), the only person in town who can speak to the foreigner.

Cast

• Corinne Marchand as Jacqueline
• Antonio Casas as Enrique
• Jean-Pierre Cassel as Juan
• Julia Gutiérrez Caba as Julia
• Pilar Gómez Ferrer as Doña Eulalia
• Ana María Ventura as Doña Assunta
• Matilde Muñoz Sampedro as Doña Obdulia
• Alfonso Godá as Pepe
• Rafael Bardem as Don Marcelino

External links

• Nunca pasa nada at the Internet Movie Database